George Takei Talks to Neil deGrasse Tyson About Living On Skid Row

Star Talk, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s foray into late night, premiered on Monday. George Takei was the astrophysicist’s first guest and he revealed that during his childhood he spent years in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. Following the end of the war, Takei and his family were penniless and forced to live on Skid Row.